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Soc1: Life expectancy at birth, by State, 1971 to 1995 and 1993-95 to 2004-06(a)

Males

Females

Period(b)

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT(c)

Australia(d)

NSW

Vic.

Qld

SA

WA

Tas.

NT

ACT(c)

Australia(d)

1971

68.0

68.6

67.8

69.4

68.4

68.1

60.7

68.9

68.3

74.4

75.2

74.7

76.0

75.3

75.1

64.0

76.0

74.8

1976

69.0

70.0

69.0

70.3

70.4

69.2

62.7

70.1

69.4

76.2

76.7

76.1

77.2

77.5

75.4

67.2

77.0

76.4

1981

71.1

71.9

71.1

72.2

72.1

69.8

59.5

71.4

71.4

78.3

78.4

78.3

79.5

79.3

77.7

67.1

79.4

78.4

1982

70.9

71.6

70.8

71.7

72.3

71.0

66.1

73.1

71.2

77.8

78.4

78.4

79.0

79.3

77.4

71.8

78.3

78.2

1983

72.0

72.3

72.0

72.5

72.8

71.2

63.9

74.8

72.1

78.4

78.8

79.1

79.5

79.6

78.3

69.3

78.7

78.8

1984

72.1

72.8

72.5

73.0

73.2

70.9

69.1

73.6

72.5

78.6

79.3

78.9

79.8

79.6

77.6

72.3

78.8

79.0

1985

72.1

72.7

72.0

73.1

73.2

71.0

67.1

74.9

72.4

78.7

78.9

78.8

79.1

79.4

77.6

72.3

79.9

78.8

1986

72.5

73.2

73.0

73.5

73.1

72.3

67.7

73.6

72.9

78.8

79.5

79.4

79.8

79.6

78.3

73.4

79.1

79.2

1987

73.0

73.1

73.0

73.5

73.8

72.1

67.1

74.6

73.1

79.4

79.5

79.4

80.1

80.6

78.4

74.8

79.5

79.5

1988

72.6

73.6

73.3

73.6

73.7

72.6

64.9

74.5

73.1

79.0

79.9

79.8

80.3

80.2

78.8

71.4

80.5

79.5

1989

73.0

73.6

73.2

73.8

74.2

72.9

66.5

75.6

73.3

79.5

79.8

79.4

79.8

80.4

78.4

72.3

81.1

79.6

1990

73.4

74.3

74.1

74.1

74.8

72.6

66.3

75.0

73.9

79.8

80.3

80.2

80.3

80.6

79.3

72.3

80.1

80.1

1991

74.2

74.5

74.4

74.7

75.0

73.1

67.1

75.5

74.4

80.2

80.3

80.5

80.4

80.9

79.6

72.3

81.0

80.3

1992

74.1

74.8

74.4

75.1

75.2

74.0

68.3

76.6

74.5

80.2

80.7

80.2

80.9

80.9

79.2

72.5

81.3

80.4

1993

74.8

75.4

75.1

75.0

75.1

73.9

69.2

76.2

75.0

80.8

81.1

81.0

80.5

81.2

80.1

73.8

82.3

80.9

1994

74.9

75.6

74.8

75.1

75.6

73.2

69.1

76.7

75.0

80.9

81.2

80.9

81.3

81.2

79.8

73.6

81.5

80.9

1995

74.9

75.6

74.8

75.1

75.6

73.2

69.1

76.7

75.0

80.9

81.2

80.9

81.3

81.2

79.8

73.6

81.5

80.9

1993-1995

74.8

75.4

75.1

75.1

75.2

73.9

68.5

76.2

75.0

80.8

81.0

81.0

81.0

81.2

79.9

74.0

81.6

80.8

1994-1996

75.0

75.6

75.1

75.3

75.4

74.1

69.2

76.6

75.2

80.9

81.2

80.9

81.3

81.3

80.0

75.0

81.6

81.1

1995-1997

75.4

75.8

75.4

75.7

75.7

74.8

70.0

77.1

75.6

81.2

81.4

81.3

81.5

81.6

80.1

74.7

81.3

81.3

1996-1998

75.8

76.3

75.6

76.0

76.1

75.1

70.6

77.5

75.9

81.6

81.7

81.5

81.6

81.9

80.4

75.0

81.6

81.5

1997-1999

76.1

76.7

76.0

76.4

76.4

75.4

70.6

77.9

76.2

81.7

82.0

81.7

82.1

82.1

80.7

75.1

81.8

81.8

1998-2000

76.4

77.1

76.4

76.6

76.9

75.7

70.3

78.3

76.6

81.9

82.3

81.9

82.3

82.6

81.2

75.2

82.3

82.0

1999-2001

76.9

77.5

76.9

77.0

77.3

76.0

70.8

78.5

77.0

82.4

82.7

82.3

82.5

82.8

81.2

76.5

82.9

82.4

2000-2002

77.3

77.8

77.2

77.3

77.9

76.5

71.3

79.2

77.4

82.6

82.8

82.4

82.6

82.9

81.3

76.7

83.3

82.6

2001-2003

77.7

78.2

77.6

77.7

78.1

76.6

72.0

79.2

77.8

82.9

83.1

82.8

82.7

83.0

81.4

77.3

83.8

82.8

2002-2004

78.0

78.5

77.8

78.0

78.6

76.7

72.3

79.7

78.1

83.3

83.3

82.9

83.1

83.3

81.8

78.0

83.9

83.0

2003-2005

78.5

79.0

78.3

78.1

78.8

77.2

72.5

79.9

78.5

83.3

83.6

83.2

83.4

83.8

82.1

78.2

84.0

83.3

2004-2006

78.6

79.3

78.5

78.6

79.1

77.4

72.1

80.0

78.7

83.4

83.7

83.4

83.6

83.8

82.3

78.1

83.9

83.5

Notes:
(a) Due to a change in collection methodology, life expectancy tables produced by the ABS prior to 1995 differ from those published thereafter in a number of important respects. Therefore they are not comparable. See 3105.0.65.001 - Australian Historical Population Statistics, 2008, Explanatory Note 53
(b) Please note, intervals for periods 1971 to 1995 are irregular due to changes in collection cycles
(c) Excludes Jervis Bay Territory from September quarter 1993. See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes.
(d) Includes Other Territories from September quarter 1993. See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes.

Notes:
(a) Western Australian sexual assault figures may be understated (see Explanatory Notes paragraph 72).
(b) Victimisation rates are expressed as victims per 100,000 of the ABS Estimated Resident Population (ERP). These rates generally accord with international and state and territory practice, and are calculated using the midpoint of the reference period (i.e. 30 June).

Soc3: Apparent per capita consumption of pure alcohol (litres per person)(a), by Type of beverage(b), 1960-61 to 2010-11 (financial year)

Period

Beer

Wine

Spirits

RTD(c)

Spirits and RTD sub-total

Total

1960-61

7.06

1.16

n.a

n.a

1.12

9.34

1961-62

7.03

1.16

n.a

n.a

1.19

9.38

1962-63

7.09

1.18

n.a

n.a

1.20

9.47

1963-64

7.32

1.22

n.a

n.a

1.25

9.79

1964-65

7.54

1.22

n.a

n.a

1.34

10.10

1965-66

7.52

1.30

n.a

n.a

1.18

10.00

1966-67

7.69

1.43

n.a

n.a

1.17

10.29

1967-68

7.92

1.55

n.a

n.a

1.31

10.78

1968-69

8.15

1.67

n.a

n.a

1.30

11.12

1969-70

8.35

1.79

n.a

n.a

1.44

11.58

1970-71

8.43

1.72

n.a

n.a

1.44

11.59

1971-72

8.36

1.71

n.a

n.a

1.51

11.58

1972-73

8.59

1.85

n.a

n.a

1.71

12.15

1973-74

9.18

2.05

n.a

n.a

1.71

12.94

1974-75

9.22

2.24

n.a

n.a

1.63

13.09

1975-76

8.98

2.35

n.a

n.a

1.56

12.89

1976-77

8.96

2.39

n.a

n.a

1.71

13.06

1977-78

8.77

2.42

n.a

n.a

1.79

12.98

1978-79

8.47

2.75

n.a

n.a

1.44

12.66

1979-80

8.52

2.84

n.a

n.a

1.36

12.72

1980-81

8.29

2.96

n.a

n.a

1.47

12.72

1981-82

8.21

3.08

n.a

n.a

1.54

12.83

1982-83

7.73

3.15

n.a

n.a

1.55

12.43

1983-84

7.45

3.24

n.a

n.a

1.47

12.16

1984-85

6.79

3.33

n.a

n.a

1.57

11.69

1985-86

6.82

3.36

n.a

n.a

1.65

11.83

1986-87

6.55

3.25

n.a

n.a

1.53

11.33

1987-88

6.62

3.20

n.a

n.a

1.60

11.42

1988-89

6.62

2.97

n.a

n.a

1.66

11.25

1989-90

6.52

2.86

n.a

n.a

1.64

11.02

1990-91

6.29

2.77

n.a

n.a

1.51

10.57

1991-92

5.82

2.89

n.a

n.a

1.43

10.14

1992-93

5.51

2.84

n.a

n.a

1.49

9.84

1993-94

5.49

2.89

n.a

n.a

1.75

10.13

1994-95

5.44

2.87

n.a

n.a

1.63

9.94

1995-96

5.30

2.86

n.a

n.a

1.61

9.77

1996-97

5.28

2.96

n.a

n.a

1.70

9.94

1997-98

5.19

3.10

n.a

n.a

1.81

10.10

1998-99

5.08

3.13

n.a

n.a

1.77

9.98

1999-2000

5.05

3.22

n.a

n.a

1.65

9.92

2000-01

5.09

3.25

n.a

n.a

1.81

10.15

2001-02

4.84

3.23

n.a

n.a

1.87

9.94

2002-03

4.99

3.35

1.23

0.77

2.01

10.35

2003-04

4.72

3.44

1.21

0.85

2.06

10.22

2004-05

4.62

3.53

1.21

0.94

2.16

10.31

2005-06

4.63

3.53

1.16

0.99

2.15

10.31

2006-07

4.63

3.70

1.15

1.08

2.23

10.57

2007-08(d)

4.63

3.66

1.18

1.09

2.26

10.56

2008-09

4.62

3.73

1.30

0.74

2.04

10.40

2009-10(e)

4.45

3.82

1.28

0.71

2.00

10.27

2010-11

4.23

3.74

1.32

0.70

2.03

9.99

Notes:
n.a - not available, see footnote (b)

(a) Per capita estimates are based on the estimated resident population aged 15 years and over. See Explanatory Notes, Apparent Consumption of Alcohol, Australia, 2010-11,
paragraphs 25 and 26.
(b) Consumption statistics for Ready to Drink beverages are only available separately from the period 2002-03 onwards
(c) Ready to Drink (pre-mixed) beverages.
(d) Data for Spirits have been revised
(e) Data for Beer, Wine, Spirits, RTD and Total have been revised

(a) Data since 2006 has been subject to process improvements which have increased the quality of this data. All causes of death data from 2006 onward are subject to a revisions process - once data for a reference year are 'final', they are no longer revised.
Affected data in this table are: 2006 (final) 2007 (final), 2008 (final), 2009 (revised), 2010 (preliminary). See Cause of Death, Australia, 2010 (cat. no. 3303.0) Explanatory Notes 35-39 and Technical Notes, Causes of Death Revisions, 2006
and Causes of Death Revisions, 2008 and 2009.
(b) Rates are age specific: deaths per 100,000 for age group 15-24 years of the estimated population
(c) Male and female data has been revised for Australia, NSW, Vic, Qld & SA; Male data has been revised for WA & NT
(d) Male and female data has been revised for Australia, NSW, Vic, Qld & WA; Male data has been revised for ACT
(e) Male and female data has been revised for Australia, NSW, Vic & NT; Male data has been revised for Qld, SA & Tas, Female data has been revised for WA
(f) Male and female data has been revised for NSW, Vic & Qld; Male data has been revised for Australia

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